欧洲经济共同体国家建立的欧洲货币体系,虽几经波折,终于在三月十三日正式生效了。除英国以外,共同体的其他八个国家——西德,法国、意大利、荷兰、比利时、卢森堡、丹麦和爱尔兰都参加了这个体系。欧洲货币体系的建立,对共同体国家来说,是摆脱对美元的依赖,在经济货币领域中走向一体化的重要的一步。经济货币联盟计划的产儿西欧经济共同体从一九五八年建立后, The European monetary system established by the countries of the European Economic Community has finally come into force on March 13, despite ups and downs. With the exception of the United Kingdom, eight other Community countries - West Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Denmark and Ireland - participated in the system. The establishment of the European monetary system is an important step for the Community countries to get rid of their dependence on the U.S. dollar and move toward integration in the economic and monetary area. After the establishment of the Economic and Monetary Union Project, the Economic Community of Europe, established in 1958,